{"product_id":"cruel-and-unusual-9780745315386","title":"Cruel and Unusual","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExplores who, and why, American society punishes, using examples from literature and film.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This wide-ranging and interdisciplinary survey constructs a genealogy of cruelty' -- www.sirreadalot.org\/issues\/\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction: birth of a prison nation\u003cbr\u003e  2. The Scarlet Letter and the long forever of puritan punishment\u003cbr\u003e  3. Reading the Rosenbergs: The Public Burning  and The Book of Daniel\u003cbr\u003e  4. Punishment, resistance and the African-American experience\u003cbr\u003e  5. The whip, the noose, the cell and their lover: Melville the masochist\u003cbr\u003e  6. Inside the American prison film\u003cbr\u003e  7. Conclusion: waves of the future, echoes of the past\u003cbr\u003e  Endnotes\u003cbr\u003e  Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e  Index","brand":"Pluto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404282274135,"sku":"9780745315386","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cruel-and-unusual-9780745315386","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}